World Tourism Day 2010 theme, Pictures of Photo Competition Winners

World Tourism Day 2010 theme, Pictures of Photo Competition Winners. Here are the Pictures of 2010 World Tourism Day Photo Competition on the theme Tourism and Biodiversity FIRST PRIZE and RUNNERS-UP.

Since 1980, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has celebrated WorldTourismDay on September 27. This date was chosen as on that day in 1970, the Statutes of the UNWTO were adopted. The adoption of these Statutes is considered a milestone in global tourism. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness on the role of tourism within the international community and to demonstrate how it affects social, cultural, political and economic values worldwide. At its Twelfth Session in Istanbul, Turkey, in October of 1997, the UNWTO General Assembly decided to designate a host country each year to act as the Organization’s partner in the celebration of World Tourism Day. At its Fifteenth Session in Beijing, China, in October of 2003, the Assembly decided the following geographic order to be followed for World Tourism Day celebrations: 2006 in Europe; 2007 in South Asia; 2008 in the Americas and 2009 in Africa.

World Tourism Day 2010: Tourism & Biodiversity (Host: China.)

2010 WorldTourismDay (WTD) Photo Competition on the theme “Tourism and Biodiversity collected more than 500 photos, 5 photos were selected as those that best captured the close relationship between biodiversity and tourism. he winning photos and finalists will be displayed as part of a photo exhibition at Guangzhou, China, the host city of the official WTD 2010 celebrations.